I know, i know. It's December and every single writer that you read is going to be posting Christmas stories. But we can't help it. Whether we like the holiday or not, it's infectious.

Anyhow, I know that this story is a little shorter than my typical one-shot, but I think that it's cute. No it's not the best thing that I've written, but I really really think that it's adorable. But, I guess it'll be up to all of you.

Enjoy.

"What do you mean 'of course we're going to spend Christmas Eve at your mother's house?"' Tamaki demanded as she sat in the living room wrapping presents while her boyfriend tried to keep their overly excitable dog away.

"She's my ma, who else are we going to spend Christmas with?" Kiba asked.

"How about Granny Cat," Tamaki pointed out as she mumbled around the piece of tape hanging out of her mouth. "And I thought that you hated your mother."

"Well we can go to Granny Cat's after we do Christmas with my family," Kiba stated. "And Granny Cat hates me even more than any dislike I have for Ma."

"Are you sure we'll have time?" Tamaki asked as she moved another present to the side. "Christmas is only one day you know?"

"Egh, we'll be done by eight at the latest," Kiba said as he blocked Akamaru from the presents, almost getting knocked over.

"Eight?" Tamaki spat before she removed the tape from her mouth so that she could talk more clearly. "That's so late, Granny Cat would kill me if we got to her that late in the day, and we have the Yamanaka Christmas party at seven, we'd never make it to everyone."

"Ino's party isn't until late," Kiba stated before deflecting Akamaru again. "Are you almost done? I'm going to tire out way before he is."

"What do you mean it doesn't start until late? It starts before you even said that we'd be done at your mother's. No wonder you're always late to shit," Tamaki grumbled as she started on another present.

"We'll have so much time between mother's and Ino's to spend time with Granny Cat," Kiba stated.

"I honestly can't see how," Tamaki hissed. "Explain how you see the day going."

"Well, we stay at Ma's so that we can wake up at four for presents, then by eight we're heading over to Granny Cat's for her kick ass breakfast, open a few presents there, and have time for a nap before heading over to the party," Kiba explained.

"We need to sleep at your ma's to be awake by four?" Tamaki asked. "You really are a lazy fuck aren't you?"

"I mean, if you want to walk over to Ma's at three AM, then we can, but I would way rather just roll out of bed and open presents," Kiba countered with a shrug.

"AM?" Tamaki asked. "Four AM?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Kiba asked as he looked over his shoulder at his girlfriend, almost letting Akamaru slip by.

"You can't even get out of bed by nine AM on a normal day, but you're going to get your ass out of bed at FOUR AM on a holiday?" Tamaki asked skeptically.

"Um, it's Christmas cat-girl," Kiba clarified. "The earlier I wake up, the sooner I get presents."

Kiba narrowly dodged as a roll of tape went flying towards his head.

"What was that for?" Kiba demanded.

"You're such a selfish fucker," Tamaki laughed.

"If I'm so selfish," Kiba started with a grin, "Then why am I wasting so much chakra keeping Akamaru back?"

"Don't you dare let him through," Tamaki warned as she pre-emptively started to gather all of the wrapped presents and supplies.

"You know, Akamaru likes to open presents even more than I do," Kiba grinned.

"Yes," Tamaki replied. "That's why I'm wrapping these for the fifth time."

Kiba's grin widened as he stepped out of the way and let the giant ball of fur bound towards the presents. There was nothing that Tamaki could do to stop it from happening, she was already half way through and had to sit and watch all of her hard work go to waste. All Akamaru had to do was knock Tamaki over with his massive size and all of the presents were his. Akamaru wasn't harsh with the presents, he unwrapped them very carefully, but if you got near them, or tried to take them away from him, then he would growl and threaten to bite.

Once Akamaru was done opening every last present, and the house was a mess with paper for the fifth time, the giant dog stood up and walked lazily over to the couch to flop down and have a nap. He didn't even care what was under the paper, he simply wanted to open them, and now that that task was done, he could lay down contently.

Tamaki went about calling Kiba names as she gathered up all of the wrapping paper. It was all in good fun, and Kiba continued to throw the mess aground after she had just finished picking it up. They laughed and chased each other around the room, with grins across their faces, and Tamaki was the first to tire out.

They ended up sitting on the floor in front of the couch, as Akamaru took up the entire piece of furniture, and Tamaki settled herself into Kiba's arms. Eventually the conversation drifted back to their holiday plans.

"And the old bitch is okay with this?" Tamaki asked, with skepticism still clear in her voice.

"Yeah, it was actually a tradition that she started," Kiba explained.

"Waking up at four AM on a holiday," Tamaki laughed. "I can't believe it, I honestly can't."

"Well, how did you guys do Christmas?" Kiba asked as he ran circles around Tamaki's belly-button with his index finger.

"Well, Granny would sleep in until ten, while I got up at nine to make breakfast. After breakfast we would go and open our stockings then presents," Tamaki explained.

"But how could you sleep in so long on such an exciting day?" Kiba asked in shock.

"When it's the only day that you get to sleep in, you take advantage of it," Tamaki explained.

"But what about all of the presents?"

"They don't go anywhere, they'll still be there no matter what time I wake up."

"But aren't you excited to open them?"

"Of course, but I'm also excited to get to sleep in."

"You're weird cat-girl."

"So are you dog-boy."

"Tamaki?"

"Yes Kiba?"

"When are you going to wrap all the presents?"

"I don't know, we can try again tomorrow."

"Good," Kiba stated as a grin spread across his face.

"Good?" Tamaki asked just as she was hoisted off of the floor and drug into their bedroom.

"I was hoping we were going to have a little free time tonight," Kiba grinned as he threw her on the bed and started to peel off his shirt.

Tamaki laughed as she watched the man in front of her. All of a sudden what time they were waking up on Christmas didn't matter anymore.

So, what did you all think?

Last year was my and my boyfriend's first Christmas away from home, and we had this discussion. My family takes Christmas to sleep in, while his family (the excitable bastards) wake up at four AM to open presents. So.. what do you do? Sleep in, wake up early, or something reasonable in between?

Anyhow, I hope that you all enjoyed it and are going into the Holiday season at least a little cheery.

Love, Donny